Hualani

Hualani, whose name means “heavenly fruit,” was in Hawaiian tradition a ruling high chiefess of Molokaʻi. She was the daughter of Chiefess Kamauliwahine and Laniaiku, and genealogies trace her line back to the voyager chief Maweke, giving her both Molokaʻi and Oʻahu descent.

Tradition relates that Kanipahu, a Pili-line chief of Hawaiʻi Island who ruled until c. 1245, was living concealed on Molokaʻi when Hualani learned his rank and took him as her husband. Their son was Kalahumoku I, ancestor of later Molokaʻi chiefs.